Roanoke Ends Single-Family-Only Zoning in Bid for More Housing, Diversity
Roanoke joins cities in Virginia and across the country that are rolling back single-family-only zoning in favor of more dense housing.
Roanoke has ended exclusively single-family zoning in a bid to increase housing and decrease racial and economic inequities throughout the city’s residential neighborhoods.
City Council voted 5-2 on Monday to adopt a raft of zoning reforms meant to spur greater housing density. Changes will also ease burdens on opening a nursing home, sober living house or other group living facility in largely commercial areas.